Both the vessel Master and operator company previously admitted to lying to U.S. Coast Guard investigators. Two Greek shipping companies have been sentenced to pay a $4 million and serve probations related to charges stemming from multiple illegal discharges of oil into Texas waters by the oil tanker Nicos I.V. A judge in the Eastern District of Texas sentenced … [Read more...]
Shipping Company to Pay $1 Million Over Illegal Dumping in Great Lakes
A German shipping company has plead guilty and will pay $1 million for covering up illegal dumping of oily waste water from one of its vessels into the Great Lakes. The U.S. Justice Department said shipping company MST, operator of the MV Cornelia, has pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) for failing to maintain an accurate ship … [Read more...]
South Korean Shipping Company Fined $950,000 in Hawaii Over Illegal Discharges
A a federal judge in Hawaii has sentenced a South Korean shipping company to pay a total of $950,000 for its failure to maintain an accurate oil record book, in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, and making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard about dumping oil contaminated bilge water. U.S. District of Hawaii Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi on … [Read more...]
Car Carrier Chief Engineer Pleads Guilty in ‘Magic Pipe’ Case
The chief engineer of a car carrier has pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore, Maryland, to obstruction of justice and violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. Noly Torato Vidad was the chief engineer of the Panama-flagged MV Selene Leader, operated by Hachiuma Steamship Co LTD, a Japanese company, between August 2013 and the end of January … [Read more...]
New Zealand Fishing Company Fined $2.4 Million, Chief Engineer Jailed for Environmental Crimes
WASHINGTON – A New Zealand fishing company that owned and operated the tuna fishing vessel San Nikunau, and a former chief engineer on the ship, were sentenced in federal court today for environmental crimes and obstruction of justice, announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and … [Read more...]